European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 25,1990 22-year army no demoted for drug use Stuttgart West Germany a amps a master sergeant with 22 years army service was reduced in rank to sergeant first class monday after she pleaded guilty to wrongful use of marijuana. Master sgt Betty j. Russell 41, a brigade career Counselor assigned to he co 93rd signal brigade at Karls Cavern in ludwigs Burg was charged after her april 30 urine Sample tested positive fora drug contained in marijuana. The four member court panel at the Stuttgart trial Center also sentenced Russell to forfeit $665 of her monthly pay for the next three months. Russell a native of Savannah ga., and Vietnam Veteran told the court that she used the drug during a painful recovery from abdominal surgery she underwent in March. She said she has submitted paperwork to retire from the army because of her court martial. Bush welcomes de Klerk for talks at White House Washington apr president Bush welcomed South african president . De Jerk to the White House on monday in a show of political support for his efforts to guide South Africa toward a Post apartheid democratic system. A a it a marvelous being Here a the South african Leader said at the outset of one on one talks with Bush in the Oval office. Both presidents sitting in Wingback chairs by the fire Flace declined to answer questions from reporters Al owed to witness the opening moments. After a Brief explanation from Bush on his practice of refusing to answer questions at photo opportunities de Klerk said a i think i shall abide by the Oval office  a a in a going to do this the presidents Way a said de Klerk smiling. It was the first Ever meeting Between the two leaders. After their private session they were meeting with top aides then moving to the White houses residential quarters for a working luncheon. Bush was intent on paying tribute to de Klerk for the leadership he has provided in beginning to dismantle White supremacist Rule in South Africa. Their discussion was partly aimed at devising ways the United states can help Speed the process. No South african head of state had visited Washington since 1945. As recently As the Reagan administration the two countries were barely on speaking terms because of the sanctions Congress imposed on South Africa in 1986, but the . Attitude toward South Africa changed dramatically with the liberalizing Steps de Klerk has taken including freeing african National Congress Leader Nelson Mandela from prison and lifting bans on democratic political groups. Still de Klerks visit is less triumphal than Many had hoped because of the recent upsurge in violence in South african Black townships. The death toll is estimated at about750. The violence May have contributed to the congressional Black caucus decision to cancel a scheduled meeting with de Klerk. The announcement on saturday gave no specific reason for the cancellation. Mandela has sought to hold pro apartheid Security elements of the police and military responsible for the violence a possibility that South african officials do not dismiss. Mandela has said that americans should demand from de Klerk an explanation for the increasing violence. The lawyers committee for civil rights under Law a Washington based private group has challenged de Klerk to ensure that police and military assassination squads Are fully exposed and completely disbanded a de Klerk said on his arrival sunday that he was bringing a message of Hope for the future of h is country and for All of Southern Africa. A we Are proceeding irreversibly on the Road to a new South Africa where Justice the guarantees of constitutional democracy and the Rule of Law will bring lasting peace and Prosperity to All our people a said de Klerk. He was to leave Washington on tuesday night. Crude Oil prices soar to new highs new York apr Oil prices soared As High As $38 per barrel monday morning and gasoline and Home heating Oil both topped $1 a gallon amid fear that War is imminent in the persian Gulf. A i can to believe it a said Ann Louise Hittle a senior Oil analyst with Shearson Lehman Brothers inc. A people in the Market Are talking about $40 barrel As being the next  Light Sweet crude was trading late monday morning on the futures Market at $37.75 per barrel for november contracts up $2.32 a barrel on the new York mercantile Exchange. Oil sold above the $37 Mark for the first time since crude futures began trading on the Exchange in 1983. At one Point it hit $38 for a record Price. At the pump the average Price of a gallon of gasoline has hit an All time High of More than $1.38, an Industry analyst said. The Price has gone up from around $1.18 in late july shortly before iraqis invasion of Kuwait on aug. 2, and jumped 2.91 cents in the two weeks since the previous Survey said the nationwide Lundberg Survey of 18,500  stations. Iraqis leaders warned Over the weekend that they would launch an All out War before allowing the . Trade embargo to a a strangled their nation. The statement was viewed As the first time that iraqi president Saddam Hussein had threatened a first strike with Israel and Middle East Oil Fields mentioned As potential targets. Recent estimates have put the Price of Oil at $60 per barrel if a shooting War develops in the Gulf. Crude oils surge monday morning helped pull up the prices of refined products. Home heating Oil shot up 6.79 cents to $1.04 per gallon for october delivery. Unleaded gasoline Rose 6.05 cents to $1,035 per gallon for october contracts. Page 28 the stars and stripes news Brief \. From Page 1 placing it with iraqi dinars. The iraqi currency is not convertible on the International Market. The Security Council was expected to vote tuesday on an eighth Resolution punishing Iraq for refusing to relinquish Kuwait. The strictest yet it would Block All air traffic in and out of Iraq except for planes carrying humanitarian Aid. Iraq had offered France a belated apology on sunday for the sept. 14 raid on the French ambassadors residence in occupied Kuwait during which the military attache and three other French citizens were arrested. French Interior minister Pierre Joe monday brushed aside iraqis apology for the raid. A excuses Are Fine a he said on French radio. A but we re waiting for Iraq to let captive frenchmen leave in a Normal  the foreign ministry estimates 290french citizens Are held hostage in Iraq and occupied Kuwait along with about 1,000 americans and several thousand other westerners. France responded to the raid by expelling iraqis from France and sending 4,000 soldiers to saudi Arabia As part of the multinational Force. Monday Mitterrand warned Iraq its aggression would not be tolerated. A in order to prevent this anarchy and theory of might makes right Ana avoid a situation in which one powerful person might be replaced by another i can to find any other answer than the Rule of Law of right a Mitterrand told the Gene ral Assembly. The French presidents comments monday were expected to be the first of a series of condemnations in three weeks of speeches by leaders to the world body which has gained a new vitality in its near unanimous response to the crisis. Iraq said sunday it would not Send a delegation to participate in the session because the state department Rad refused to allow iraqi airways to Fly the entourage to Yew York. A state department official said the matter was still being considered a but it would seem inappropriate to Grant permission for the iraqi foreign minister to Fly his plane to the United states while hundreds of americans citizens Are being held against their will in Iraq and  ordeal from Page 1 said there were a lots of disturbances lots of looting. Things Are being dismantled in  a the iraqis Are responsible for what has happened to Kuwait a he continued. A the . Is responsible for what will happen in Kuwait Quot Abdu said bloodshed might be avoided through negotiation but he Isnit Over optimistic. A if Iraq and Iran could do it we could do it too a he said. A from my own Point of View it will get worse. The iraqis will not Back up from  he was bom in what is now the israeli occupied Gaza strip. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and worked in a heavy equipment business with his father who stayed in Kuwait. He also left his Mother two Sisters and brother behind. Sunday s flight the seventh since the Charters began on sept. 9, brought the number of american evacuees and family members to More than 1,900, . Officials  from Pago 1 cars with a full  a a it a a responsibility. It s not a Tea party a he said. The adopted Resolution endorses a com Romise program backed by Gorbachev it Calls for incorporating a More conservative recipe of prime minister Nikolai Ryzhkova. Lawmakers later agreed they should also try to include parts of a More Radical plan approved by the russian federation the largest of the 15 soviet republics led by russian president Boris Yeltsin. Yeltsin is Gorbachev s chief political rival and his parliament has set the Pace on reforming an Economy so inefficient that crops spoil on their Way to Market and plants stand Idle for Lack of spare parts. Quot we can and must come out with a single program for switching to a Market Economy Gorbachev said. He said the goal is a maximum Accord in society and not  Ryzhkova facing mounting Calls for his resignation said the vote left a no victors and no  Quot this is a Compromise a he said. Sergei Stankevich Moscow a Deputy mayor and a National legislator said Gorbachev a insistence on unifying the competing programs would Lead a not to consolidation but to  consumer shortages Are widespread and worsening most recently including bread and there is fear of economic collapse. Gorbachev a program would reverse the direction that the soviet Union has taken since the bolshevik revolution especially Josef s Talino a forced collectivization which claimed the lives of some 7 million people. It would create a federation of republics with economies built on private businesses individually owned farms and Stock markets trading shares in competitive companies. The program Marks a significant change in Gorbachev a tactics. His perestroika program had been aimed at restructuring centralized socialism but now it is apparently moving toward destroying it. Lawmakers had been scheduled to vote on Friday but failed to Muster a quorum and had to adjourn until monday. Gorbachev expressed frustration at the time saying there was no More time to a talk think try and  several participants in mondays debate proposed that the National legislature shun the attempt at a Compromise and endorse instead the most Radical Reform plan under consideration a that of economist Stanislav Satalin. A there can be no Compromise Between the programs of the government the president and the Satalin group a the 56-year-old Satalin told the legislature. Outside the Kremlin protesters gathered to express disappointment in Gorbachev a handling of the economic crisis. Dozens of sign carrying protesters chanted slogans at legislators As they arrived for the morning debate. A the people done to Trust Gorbachev a about a dozen demonstrators shouted outside the Kremlin a Spassky Gate they held signs that read a a president not an emperor and a fall decrees of the president Are Battles against